M4.6 earthquake 210 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 210 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Thu, Mar 5, 2020, 9:45 AM GMT+13 (20:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 288 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-04 20:45:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.238° S, 174.997° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 12.0 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5139 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2389 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8267 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0246 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2386 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.1288 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2380 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9234 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2368 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6188 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2362 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7281 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2347 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008ckf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC.